Ok, the problem is that Tomcat isn't using the tomcat-users.xml file in the
cactus-specified conf directory, but the one in the %TOMCAT_HOME%/conf
directory. Add the testuser/testpwd entry to that file and things work.

If I have a chance I'll dig into Tomcat code and see what's up. Looks like a
Tomcat bug to me.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Robertson, Jason 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:55 PM
To: 'Vincent Massol'; 'Cactus Developers List'
Subject: RE: Problem with Tomcat 4.0 authentication


Ignore previous response. I should completely read and then think and then
email.

I'm currently running tomcat outside of the cactus tests, and I can request
the ServletRedirector in IE and it prompts me properly and when I enter
testuser/testpwd I get the good old 'Missing service name parameter' so I'm
getting as far as I can manually and it seems that Tomcat is working.

Interestingly, however, from the release notes of Tomcat 4-0-1, under the
"using with Apache" section:

* With this release, FORM-based authentication will work correctly, but
  there is a bug that prevents BASIC authentication from operating.  This
  will be addressed before final release.

I also found a handful of mentions in the archives about basic
authentication not working, such as:

http://www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-user/200109.mbox/%3C20010914101338.E38404-1
00000@localhost%3E

But I don't know if this applies to using the built in web server or just
the Apache Web Connector.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Vincent Massol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:16 PM
To: 'Cactus Developers List'
Cc: Robertson, Jason
Subject: Problem with Tomcat 4.0 authentication


Jason,

For some reasons, I cannot configure properly Tomcat 4.0 to run with our
basic authentication. It works fine with Tomcat 3.3. I am sure I have a
bad setting somewhere but I can't find where.

You can find the summary of what I set up either in CVS or in the email
I sent to the Tomcat 4 mailing list (but I got no response ... :-( ),
available at :
http://www.mail-archive.com/tomcat-user%40jakarta.apache.org/msg42173.ht
ml

The result of the build is :
http://www.mail-archive.com/cactus-dev%40jakarta.apache.org/msg00286.htm
l

Any idea ?
Thanks
-Vincent



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